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Oregon City shooting: Neighbor captures shooting on home video

Neighbor captures Oregon City shooting on videoTim Gleason, 55, used his new smartphone to capture video of Sunday's fire and police officer shooting from the second floor of his home on Linn Avenue in Oregon City. Editors' note: Video contains graphic elements that some viewers may find objectionable.

Tim Gleason, 55, was about to head to the store on Sunday when
fire and police vehicles, sirens blaring, barreled down his Oregon City street.

The vehicles surrounded a home just two houses away and blocked
Gleason’s driveway. Black smoke billowed into the air.

"Suddenly, there were neighbors from all around in the street,
standing around,” said Melanie Gleason, Tim’s wife.

Soon, the phone rang. A recording from the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Department warned of an armed man. Officers on the ground, now in the dozens, cleared bystanders out of the street, Melanie Gleason said.

Tim Gleason went to a second floor window and began shooting video
from his new smartphone.
In the next 10 minutes, Gleason’s footage captured the sound of
several gunshots and officers loading one of their own into an ambulance. The above video has been edited for length.

Witness account of the shooting

"We heard the shots, then saw an officer yell for an ambulance,”
Melanie Gleason said. "We weren't sure what had happened."

After the shots, about 20 minutes passed before the phone rang
again. The suspect had been apprehended, the recording said.

The couple didn’t know the man who lived in the burning home,
Melanie Gleason said. Police have identified the man as 88-year-old Lawrence Cambra.

“We’re still a little shocked,” she said. “We’re just waiting to
hear some news about the officer.”